diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd.nix b/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd.nix
index 58e2f9d3bfce..2167df60bc9a 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/systemd.nix
@@ -1033,6 +1033,7 @@ in
     systemd.services.systemd-journald.stopIfChanged = false;
     systemd.targets.local-fs.unitConfig.X-StopOnReconfiguration = true;
     systemd.targets.remote-fs.unitConfig.X-StopOnReconfiguration = true;
+    systemd.targets.network-online.wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
     systemd.services.systemd-binfmt.wants = [ "proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.mount" ];
 
     # Don't bother with certain units in containers.